How Progressives in the HealthCare debate may be walking headlong into the jaws of an enormous right-wing bear-trap
I watched last night's episode of CountDown and cringed when VA Healthcare was trumpeted as a flagship for government run healthcare because the right-wing can now use that as a DANGEROUS campaign talking point. How?
Three words:
WALTER REED HOSPITAL.
Unless Progressives have a solid rebuttal in place for responding to the right wing's use of Walter Reed as an example of government healthcare's failure, then we progressives have walked STRAIGHT into a very hazardous trap, and in doing so could be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, when we are already at risk of being unable to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Progressives need to be careful about this, because recklessness now could cost us EVERYTHING we've gained in the '08 election